A Literary Online Journal | Curated by Anita Nair

Volume VI

It is funny but lately I’ve been thinking of rodents. Probably because I leave for Kerala this weekend and some of my earliest memories of my grandmother’s house were built around rodents. Continue reading →

COOKING SCHOOL OF SAVOR AND ART STEWED TURTLE AND OTHER UNUSUAL DISHES

Someone asked a few days ago ─ I think it was Dona Nair Carvalho, for she likes to serve only the best ─ what to offer a special guest, one with a snobbish palate, highly demanding, in a word, an artist who wanted delicacies, unusual tidbits, nothing verging on the commonplace. Continue reading →

The waters of the river Dee are grey, reflecting the overcast skies. The wind whips down the banks, through the mud and the green grass. It is a world still emerging from winter, bracingly cold.
I follow the ghillie, the fisherman guide, into the water. My lower body, chest down, is encased in waders, waterproof overalls, my feet settled into boots that are slightly too large. Continue reading →

Manreet Sodhi Someshwar trained as an engineer, graduated from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, and worked in marketing, advertising and consulting. An award-winning writer (Commonwealth Broadcasting Association), and copywriter (Creative Abbey), she is a popular blogger as well. Continue reading →

This week’s poet Sudeep Senis widely recognized as a major new generation voice in world literature and one of “the finest younger English-language poets in the international literary scene. A distinct voice: carefully modulated and skilled, well measured and crafted” (BBC Radio). Continue reading →